{"id":148,"date":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmosz-nahc.ca\/en\/?p=148"},"modified":"2019-02-22T19:27:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T00:27:42","slug":"the-great-hungarian-silence-in-czecho-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kmosz-nahc.ca\/en\/the-great-hungarian-silence-in-czecho-slovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Hungarian Silence in (Czecho)Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A monodrama with humour<\/p>\n

Written by: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 So\u00f3ky
Directed and performed by: G\u00e9za Benk\u0151<\/strong>
Dramaturg: Emese Varga<\/p>\n

\"poster\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201eThis story tells us about the small details of the minority life that we think are not important. Our forefathers experienced them, we experience them every day, and yet we think our story is not important to anybody. But what is important and what isn\u2019t is decided by important people who declare it in glorifying speeches. We have the silence, faith and cheer that are rooted in our humanity and decency. This is what we will bequeath on this land when our language can be read only on our epitaphs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(L\u00e1szl\u00f3 So\u00f3ky, translation by NAHC)<\/p>\n

Locations<\/h2>\n
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  • Saturday, April 1 \u2013 Ottawa Hungarian Community Centre, Ottawa<\/li>\n
  • Sunday, April 2 \u2013 First Presbyterian Church, Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n
  • Friday, April 7 \u2013 Parameter Club, Toronto<\/li>\n
  • Saturday, April 8 \u2013 Kossuth Hall, Cambridge<\/li>\n
  • Sunday, April 9 \u2013 Mindszenty Hall, Windsor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \"KMOSZ The Canadian tour is organized by the NAHC. Ottawa \u2013 Montr\u00e9al \u2013 Toronto \u2013 Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo \u2013 Windsor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    About the Play<\/h2>\n

    \"jelenet\"The Great Hungarian Silence in (Czecho)Slovakia<\/em> is a monodrama that is not about the life of a man but about a community. The story of the Hungarian community in Slovakia is told through the life of a person with a perspective in history. It is like a modern tale: once upon a time comrade Stalin died, then so did comrade Gottwald too… \u2013 as the author sets the historical time frame, he is jumping freely between the time zones overlapping the minority life in Slovakia; a close-up look at one man.<\/p>\n

    The world is reflected in his eyes; a period of history is replayed in his mind, not facts and statistics but the perceived and real tragedies, memories, stories from the past. And the rest is silence…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
    Trailer<\/td>\nInterview<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n